Story of Death: Two weeks before his death, Guerrero's liver crashed and he developed cirrhosis due to hepatitis

Known for: The Father of former WWE Smack-down Champion the Late Eddy Guerrero

Name: Pat O'Conner

Date of Death: Auguest 16, 1990

Age: 65

Cause of Death: Cancer

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Former NWA Star

Name: Dean Hart

Date of Death: November 21, 1990

Age: 36

Cause of Death: kidney disease

Story of Death: His death was the day before the WWF Survivor Series that year, and commentator Roddy Piper stated that Bret dedicated his match to Dean

Known for: from the Famous Hart Family

Name: Ed "The Bull" Gantner

Date of Death: December 31, 1990

Age: 31

Cause of Death: Suicide

Story of Death: In 1988, Gantner's health began to go downhill after years of steroid use. His kidneys were the first to start failing, causing him to go under kidney dialysis, forced him to be hooked up several hours a week to a machine to survive.

Doctors also forced Gantner to lose 100 lbs, as he nearly weighed 300 lbs. He complied by giving up red meat and starting a holistic diet, making his own watermelon tea. Despite the changes, he couldn't stop using steroids and had started using cocaine. He was rushed to the hospital for heart failure four times within two months. At that point, he started asking around for a firearm.

By the fall of 1989, his heart and kidneys were failing, after refusing doctors' orders to lose weight and alter his exercise regimen. On Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1989, Gantner received a kidney transplant, as his sister donated her kidney. His family thought the worse was over. However, five days after the transplant, he asked that weights be brought to his room, as he went back to using steroids.

The strain of recovering from the transplant caused Gantner to lose weight, but he had still an imposing figure. Despite this, when he looked into a mirror, he saw a defective, distorted image. Self conscious about his physique, he'd wear shorts under his jeans to look bigger. While in the gym, he would wear an extra pair of socks to bulk up his calves. Over the next six months, he would go back to the hospital five times, because of complications. He would also move from Orlando, to St. Augustine, to West Palm Beach, working as a salesman.

Early in the fall of 1990, Gantner's mental health began to falter, as he started calling his parents late at night. He would get dressed for work, make it to his car, and sit there for a half-hour with the keys in the ignition, before going back in his house. When his mother finally decided to bring him home in Orlando, she found him in a dark room, sitting down, rocking on his bed.

Back home with his parents in Orlando, Gantner wouldn't eat, sleep, or work out. He would shower constantly and pace all night long. When his mother tried to take him for a haircut, he made her drive all over town, and at each stop, he refused to leave the car.

By November 1990, Gantner was placed in a psychiatric ward at a Florida hospital, where he stayed until after Christmas. During this time, he began casting about for solutions and new truths—meditation, vitamins, even faith healing with Rev. Benny Hinn.

Feeling defeated, on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1990, Ed Gantner committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart in the kitchen of his parents' home in Orlando, Florida. He was 31 years old.

Known for: First man Lex Luger defeated

1991

Name: Vivian Vachon

Date of Death: Auguest 25, 1991

Age: 40

Cause of Death: Car accident

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Former AWA Women's champion and from the famous Vachon Wrestling Family

Name: Danny Little Bear

Date of Death:May 12, 1991

Age: 65

Cause of Death: diabetic complications

Story of death: unknowwn

Known for: unknown

Name: Chris Von Erich

Date of Death: September 12, 1991

Age: 21

Cause of Death: Suicide

Story of Death: unknow

Known for: member of the famous wrestling family the Von Erich's

Name: Gene Anderson

Date of Death: October 31, 1991

Age: 58

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: Passed away during Surgry

Known for: Trained by Vern Gagne

Name: Dick The Bruiser

Date of Death: November 10, 1991

Age: 62

Cause of Death: Internaal Bleeding

Story of Death: Died of Internal Bleeding on November 10, 1991....according to a spokesman for suncoast hospital in Largo, Flordia near his winter home,..His Widow Louise said her husband had been weight-lifting at home with his adopted son Jon Carney and ruptured a blood vessel in his esophagus

Known for: The original beer guzzling, cigar smoking, tough guy in the wrestling industry

Name: Ripper Collins

Date of Death: November 11, 1991

Age: 62

Cause of Death: Melanoma

Story of Death: Ripper Collins died from melanoma (skin cancer) obviously from years of exposure in the Hawaii sun.

Known for: Legendary Wrestler

Name: Wilbur Synder

Date of Death: December 25, 1991

Age: 62

Cause of Death: Lymphatic leukemia/heart failure

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Former AWA Star

1992

Name: Buzz Sawyer

Date of Death: February 27, 1992

Age: 33

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death:unknown

Known for: Former WWF Star and trained the Undertaker

Name: Corsica Jean

Date of Death: March, 1992

Age: 71

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Former NWA Star

Name: René Guajardo

Date of Death: May 11, 1992

Age: 59

Cause of Death:liver cancer

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Former Ledgendary Mexican Star

Name: Buddy Rogers

Date of Death: June 26, 1992

Age: 71

Cause of Death: Stroke

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: The Very First WWWF Heavyweight champion

Name: Roy Heffernan

Date of Death: September 24, 1992

Age: 67

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: unkniown

Known for: One half of the legendary tag team The Fabulous Kangaaroos

Name: Uncle Elmer

Date of Death: June 30, 1992

Age: 54

Cause of Death: Diabetes

Story of Death: Frazier suffered from diabetes and poor health as a result of his weight.These problems led to kidney failure, from which he died on July 1, 1992. He was buried in Biloxi, Mississippi

Known for: WWF (1985-1986)

1993

Name: Andre The Gaint

Date of Death: January 27, 1993

Age: 46

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: Suffered a heart attack in Paris while attending his father's funeral

Known for: AWA (1972), WWWF/WWF (1973-1991), WWF Hall of Fame (1993)

Name: Bruno Erlington

Date of Death: 1993

Age: unknown

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legendary 60's & 70's wrestler

Name: Kerry Von Erich

Date of Death: February 18, 1993

Age: 33

Cause of Death: Suicide

Story of Death: (Source: Wikipedia)

Known for: WWF Star (1990-1991), Member of the Von Erich Family

Name: Dino Bravo

Date of Death: March 10, 1993

Age: 44

Cause of Death: Shot to death

Story of Death: On March 10, 1993, Bravo was found shot to death.He was 44 years old. Bravo was thought to have been shot up to 17 times to the head by a gunman while watching hockey in his Vimont, Laval, Quebec apartment. It is widely believed that his alleged role in illegal cigarette smuggling in Canada led to his murder. Rick Martel has stated in interviews that because of Bravo notability from being a popular professional wrestler, he was able to attract many customers (specifically Aboriginals) to switch over to having him as a supplier of illegal cigarettes, thus crossing the mafia. According to various sources, right before his death Bravo had confided to close friends that he knew his days were numbered. He was a nephew by marriage of Montreal crime boss Vic Cotroni, and was believed by authorities to be involved in his organization for some time. Bravo remains are in a mausoleum at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec.[citation needed] He is survived by his wife, Diane Rivest and their daughter Claudia.

Known for: WWF Wrestler (1978-1991)

Name: Chief Big Heart

Date of Death: April 23, 1993

Age: 66

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: United States Tag Team title w/Johnny Valentine (1960);

Name: Don Kent

Date of Death: June 14, 1993

Age: unknown

Cause of Death: Leukemia

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: one half of the fabulous Kangaroos

Name: Espectro

Date of Death: October 13, 1993

Age: 60

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Ledgendary Mexican Star

Name: Rufus R. Jones

Date of Death: November 13

Age: 60

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: suffer a heart attack while deer hunting

Known for: AWA Ledgendary wrestler & Father of former WWF Manager Slick

Name: "Lethal" Larry Cameron

Date of Death: December 13

Age: 41

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: Larry suffers a heart attack while wrestling in the ring for Otto Wanz's CWA promotion in Bremen, Germany at the age of 41

Known for: wcw (1990)

1994

Name: Sam Menacker

Date of Death: January 7

Age:79

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Story of Death: Unknown

Known for: Married and Managed June Byers

Name: Jean Baillargeon
Date of Death: March 2, 1994

Age: 78

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: There were six wrestling brothers in the Baillargeon family: Jean, Charles, Adrien, Lionel, Paul and Antonio all known as the Baillargeon six...

Name: Anibal

Date of Death: March 4, 1994

Age: 53

Cause of Death: Brain Tumor

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Mexican Star

Name: Kareem Muhammad

Date of Death: May 15, 1994

Age: 42

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Tranined New Jack

Name: Joey Marella

Date of Death: July 4, 1994

Age: 30

Cause of Death: Car Accident

Story of Death: died on July 4, 1994, after he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed while driving home on Beverly-Rancocas Road in Willingboro after a night of refereeing WWF matches in Ocean City, Maryland. Bruno Lauer, better known by his ring name Harvey Wippleman, was with him at the time and was critically injured. Lauer was wearing a seatbelt, while Marella was not. As a tribute, WWE ring announcer Tony Chimel named one of his sons after Marella. Marella's sister Valerie also named a son after her brother

Known for: WWF Refree (1983-1994) and the son of The Ledgendary Gorrilla Monsoon

Name: Boris Malanko

Date of Death: Auguest 27, 1994

Age: 61

Cause of Death: cancer

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Ledgendary wrestler and the father of former WWE/WCW/ECW Alumni Dean Malanko

Name: Art Barr

Date of Death: September 1, 1994

Age: 28

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: On November 23, 1994, Barr was found dead lying with his child at his home in Springfield, Oregon. Preliminary reports said that he died of an aneurysm, but later reports said that he died under unknown circumstances. Barr did not have heart problems, no aneurysm or internal bleeding, and no ring injuries. He had a mixture of alcohol and drugs in his blood stream. Eddie Guerrero was his best friend around this time period. Although Eddie Guerrero's book claims that the cause of Barr's death is still unknown to this day, Hardcore History by Scott E. Williams, criminal-justice reporter and wrestling columnist for The Galveston County Daily News, states that "Barr died in his sleep from a drug-related heart attack."

Known for: Former ECW Tag Team with Eddy Guerrero

1995

Name: Jerry Blackwell

Date of Death: January 22, 1995

Age: 45

Cause of Death: Car Accident

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: WWWF and AWA Wrestler

Name: Eddie Gilbert

Date of Death: February 18, 1995

Age: 33

Cause of Death: heart attack

Story of Death: On February 18, 1995, Gilbert died of a heart attack. His father, Tommy Gilbert, stated that injuries to Eddie's chest and heart muscle had occurred in a serious car crash in 1983 and could have been a factor; Eddie's alleged use of painkillers since the accident could also have contributed to his heart condition. The Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl was held in his memory from 1996 to 1999.

Known for: WCW (1988-1989), Formally married to Missy Hyatt & Madusa

Name: Big John Studd

Date of Death: March 20, 1995

Age: 46

Cause of Death: Hodkin Disease

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: WWF (1981-1989), 1989 Royal Rumble Winner

Name: Adrien Baillargeon

Date of Death: May 9, 1995

Age: 76

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: There were six wrestling brothers in the Baillargeon family: Jean, Charles, Adrien, Lionel, Paul and Antonio all known as the Baillargeon six...

Name: Ilio Dioaolo

Date of Death: May 10, 1995

Age: 68

Cause of Death: Car Accident

Story of Death: died in 1995 while trying to enter a restaurant with his wife after being struck by a car during a torrential downpour

Known for: Ledgendary Wrestler

Name: Killer Krupp

Date of Death: Auguest 25, 1995

Age: 62

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legenday Wrestler

Name: Black Venus

Date of Death: September 30, 1995

Age: 46

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: LPWA Wrestler

Name: Vic Christy

Date of Death: October 26, 1995

Age: 83

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legenday Wrestler

Name: Little Beaver

Date of Death: December 4, 1995

Age: 61

Cause of Death: Emphysema

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legenday Midget Wrestler

1996

Name: Buddy fuller

Date of Death: January 15, 1996

Age: 71

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legendary Wrestler and father of wcw manager col.robert parker

Name: Ivan the Terriable

Date of Death: February, 1996

Age: 97

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legendary Midget Wrestler

Name: Betty Clark

Date of Death: April 9, 1996

Age: 42

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: heart attack while undergoing treatment for cancer.

Known for: Legendary Wrestler

Name: Ray "The Crippler" Stevens

Date of Death: May 3, 1996

Age: 42

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: unknown.

Known for: Former AWA & WWF Star

Name: Dick Murdoch

Date of Death: May 3, 1996

Age: 49

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: unknown.

Known for: former WWE Tag team and US Champion

Name: The Missouri Mauler

Date of Death: July 20, 1996

Age: 65

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legendary Wrestler

Name: Chris Colt

Date of Death: Auguest 30, 1996

Age: 50

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: Chris Colt passed away (possible from AIDS?) in Washington after a battle with drugs and alcohol addiction..

Known for: Legendary Wrestler

Name:Sapphire

Date of Death: September 10, 1996

Age: 61

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: WWF (1989-1990)

1997

Name:DR. Jerry Graham

Date of Death: January 24, 1997

Age: 58

Cause of Death: Stroke

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: The Founder of the Wrestling Graham Family

Name: Ray Golden Appollon

Date of Death: February 4, 1997

Age: 72

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: big star in Europe in the 1960s

Name: Bulldog Bob Brown

Date of Death: February 5, 1997

Age: 58

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: In 1996, Brown suffered a heart attack, and was pronounced dead twice before being revived. This caused him to retire from in-ring competition. Following his retirement, he worked as a security guard in a casino in Kansas City, Missouri until his death on February 5, 1997

Known for: Legendary Candaian Wrestler

Name: Tony Baillargeon
Date of Death: March 17, 1997

Age: 68

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: There were six wrestling brothers in the Baillargeon family: Jean, Charles, Adrien, Lionel, Paul and Antonio all known as the Baillargeon six...

- on March 27 Bill Miller from the AWA passes away at 69 years old of natural causes

Name: Ray Golden Appollon

Date of Death: April 17, 1997

Age: 69

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: AWA Star

- on June 19 Stan Stasiak the father of former WWF Star Shawn Stasiak died of a heart attack at 60 years old

Name: Plum Mariko

Date of Death: Auguest 16, 1997

Age: 29

Cause of Death: Brain Aneurysm

Story of Death: On August 15, 1997 she teamed with Commando Bolshoi against Mayumi Ozaki and Rieko Amano at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza, Hiroshima. At the matches conclusion, Ozaki used one of her regular moves, the Ligerbomb, to pin Mariko. The move was executed no differently than normal, but appeared to have triggered a pre-existing problem, the abscess on her brain. Since other wrestlers on the card had sold their finishes that night, the fans in the arena didn’t immediately realize there was a problem. It seems that this spot may not have been the planned finish of the match. In any case, Mariko was knocked out from the Ligerbomb and didn’t kick out. After the match, Ozaki and the other wrestlers saw Mariko, who still hadn't budged, snoring, which was a sign that her brain was bleeding. Mariko died a few hours later on August 16, 1997

No postmortem was performed on her at the request of her father. Despite this, Mariko was said to have had head injuries and an abscess on her brain which may have contributed to the head trauma that killed her.

Known for: Japeneese Female Star

-August 16 Japan Star Plum Mariko died from a Brain Aneurysm at the age of 29

-August 18 Jeep Swensen who had a short stint in WCW as Ultimate Solution and gain fame as Bane in the Hollywood hit Batman & Robin movie as Uma Thurman a/k/a Posion Ivy in the movie's sidekick died of heart failure at the age of 40

Name: Dale Lewis

Date of Death: Auguest 27, 1997

Age: 64

Cause of Death:unknown

Story of death: unknowwn

Known for: AWA Wrestler

-September 10, Fritz Von Erich the father of the Von Erich's Dies of Cancer at 68

Name: Bulldog Brower

Date of Death: September 15, 1997

Age: 63

Cause of Death: Complications of Surgery

Story of Death:After living with diabetes, Brower died in September 1997 from complications from hip surgery. At the time of his death, Bower was married to Susan and had two daughters and a son, as well as four grandchildren.
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Known for: Legendary Candaian Wrestler

-October 5, Brain Pillman who was popular as High Flying Brain Pillman and the tag team with Steve Austin as the Hollywood Blondes in WCW and went on to the WWF and was a very Hated Heel dies of Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease while getting ready for the WWE PPV Match against Goldust at Badd Blood at the age of 35.

Name: Luke Brown

Date of Death: November 12, 1997

Age: 62

Cause of Death: Stroke

Story of Death: He was in poor health during his last years of life, including kidney failure that required him to under dialysis. He died of a stroke in a Washington, D.C. hospital in 1997. He was buried in Elkton, Maryland

Known for: Legendary Tag Team Wrestler

Name: Big Daddy Dink

Date of Death: December 2, 1997

Age: 67

Cause of Death: Stroke

Story of Death: Big Daddy Dink died of a stroke in December 1997 in Halifax General Hospital. He was survived by his second wife of 31 years, Eunice and six children.

Known for: AWA Star

1998

Name: Bobo Brazil

Date of Death: January 20, 1998

Age: 74

Cause of Death: Series of Strokes

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legendary WWF Wrestler, WWF Hall of Fame 1994

-January 20, Bobo Brazil who made wrestling headlines in the 1950's dies of heart problems at 74

-February 13, Buddy Lee a Wrestling & Country Music Promoter from the 1950's to the 70's and also married to Former WWF Women's Champion Fabulous Moolah dies of respiratory failure

-February 15, Louie Spicolli better known in the WWF as Rad Rafford and also was in WCW & ECW dies of Carisopridol Overdose at 27

Name: Roy McClarity

Date of Death: March 27, 1998

Age: 79

Cause of Death: unknown

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Former WWWF US Tag Team Champion,

Name: Junk Yard Dog

Date of Death: June 2, 1998

Age: 45

Cause of Death:Car Accident

Story of Death: JYD died on June 2, 1998, in a single-car accident on Interstate 20 near Forest, Mississippi, as he was returning home from his daughter LaToya's high school graduation in Wadesboro, North Carolina. The apparent cause was falling asleep at the wheel. JYD body was laid in an unmarked grave in Wadesboro, North Carolina

Known for: WWF (1984-1988), WCW (1990), 2004 WWE Haall of Fame,

-June 1, Junk Yard Dog famous for his WWF Days dies in a car Accident falling asleep behind the wheel after coming home from his daughter's graduation at the age of 45.

Name: June Byers

Date of Death: July 20, 1998

Age: 76

Cause of Death: pneumonia

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legendary Woman Wrestler

-August 17, Maryland Indy Wrestler Shane Shamrock was killed by the police at 23 years old

Name: Terry Garvin

Date of Death: Auguest 17, 1998

Age: unknown

Cause of Death: Cancer

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legendary Wrestler & known for being openly gay and molested a 19 year old ring boy in the WWF in 1992

Name: Sky Low Low

Date of Death: November 6, 1998

Age: unknown

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: Legendary Midget Wrestler

November 19, 1998: Promoter and Founder of USWA and the grandmother of Jeff Jarrett, Christine Jarrett passed away of a heart attack at 75 years old..

Name: Loc Ness

Date of Death: November 29, 1998

Age: 52

Cause of Death: Cancer

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: WCW 1996

Name: Battle Cat

Date of Death: December 15, 1998

Age: 40

Cause of Death: Car Accident

Story of Death:On December 15, 1998 while driving home to Tampa, Florida from a WCW television taping in Orlando,FL Battlecat died in an automobile accident

Known for: WWF (1986-1990) & WCW (1993-1998)

1999

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Name: Giant Baba

Date of Death: January 31, 1999

Age: 51

Cause of Death: cancer

Story of Death: unknown

Known for: one of the most famous Japanese wrestlers of his era, with a popularity in Japan comparable to Hulk Hogan's in America.

-February 23, The Renegade famous for his Gimmick as the way to Mock the Ultimate Warrior in the WCW Commits Suicide shortly after Loosing his Job with WCW at 23 years old

Name: Emiko Kado

Date of Death: April 9, 1999

Age: 23

Cause of Death: Internal Bleeding

Story of Death: Emiko Kado wrestled her 15th pro wrestling match when she took a blow during the match and later died of internal bleeding at the age of 23

Known for: Japaneese Female Wrestler who wrestled only 15 matches

-April 20, Ravishing Rick Rude more famous for his roles in the WWF and in the WCW died of a heart attack at the age of 41

Name: Owen Hart

Date of Death: May 23, 1999

Age: 33

Cause of Death: accidental fall from the Sky Scrapers

Story of Death: On May 23, 1999, Hart fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri during the Over the Edge pay-per-view event.Hart was in the process of being lowered via harness and grapple line into the ring from the rafters of Kemper Arena for a booked Intercontinental Championship match against The Godfather. In keeping with the Blazer's new "buffoonish superhero" character, he was to begin a dramatic entrance, being lowered to just above ring level, at which time he would act "entangled", then release himself from the safety harness and fall flat on his face for comedic effect—this necessitated the use of a quick release mechanism. It was an elaboration on a Blue Blazer stunt done previously on the Sunday Night Heat before Survivor Series in 1998.Many suspected the harness was made for lowering small tools to carpenters, not for any human being. Hart fell 78 feet (24 m) into the ring, landing chest-first on the top rope, approximately a foot from the nearest turnbuckle, throwing him into the ring.

Hart had performed the stunt only a few times before and was worried about performing the stunt at Kemper due to the height involved. Hart's wife Martha has suggested that, by moving around to get comfortable with both the harness and his cape on, Hart unintentionally triggered an early release. Television viewers at home did not see the incident or its aftermath—at the moment of the fall, a pre-taped vignette was being shown on the pay-per-view broadcast as well as on the monitors in the darkened arena. After, while Hart was being worked on by medical personnel inside the ring, the live event's broadcast showed only the audience. Meanwhile, WWF television announcer Jim Ross repeatedly told those watching live on pay-per-view that what had just transpired was not a wrestling angle or storyline and that Hart was hurt badly, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation. Hart was transported to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, where several attempts to revive him were made, until he died from his injuries; some believe he died in the ring. He was 34 years old. The cause was later revealed to be internal bleeding from a severed aorta